John Hahessy

treble boy soprano

John Hahessy - England, UK

Corpus Cristi Carol is a arrangement of the fifth variation of 'A Boy is Born' which was composed by Benjamin Britten especially for John Hahessy.

John Hahessy is now a tenor singing under the name of John Elwes.

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Discography

John Hahessy

Songs from Friday Afternoons (1961)
Argo EAF 18, 45rpm Single
With treble John Hahessy

Side 1.
The Birds
A New Year Carol
Corpus Christi Carol
Side 2.
I mun be married on Sunday,
Cuckoo! with Michael Berkeley, treble
Fishing Song,
There was a monkey

John Hahessy

Britten: Missa Brevis (1960)
Decca CEP 654, 45rpm Single
Trebles: John Hahessy, Michael Ronayne, Kenneth Willes and the Westminster Cathedral Choir. Directed by George Malcolm

At Christmas in 1958, Benjamin Britten went to hear the boys of the Westminster Cathedral Choir sing his Ceremony of Carols conducted by George Malcolm. He was so impressed by their voices, he wanted to write something for them. The result is the Missa Brevis, recorded here for the first time.

John Hahessy

Benjamin Britten: Canticles
London 425 716-2LM, CD
Performers:John Hahessy (alto) James Bowman (Countertenor) Peter Pears (Tenor) John Shirley-Quirk (Bass) Barry Tuckwell (Horn) Osian Ellis (Harp)
Canticles 1-3 originally issued on Argo ZRG 5277

1.   Canticle 1 - My beloved is mine
2.   Canticle 2 - Abraham and Isaac, Op.51   John Hahessy, alto, sings the part of Isaac
3.   Canticle 3 - Stil falls the rain
4.   Canticle 4 - The journey of the Magi
5.   Canticle 5 - The death of St. Narcissus
6.   Sweeter than roses

John Hahessy

Dido and Aeneas (1959)
BBC Legends BBCB 8003-2, CD
Trebles John Hahessy & Michael Ronayne
Claire Watson, Peter Pears, Jeannette Sinclair, Arda Mandikian, Patricia Clark, Rosemary Philips, John Hahessy, Michael Ronayne, Purcell Singers, English Opera Group Orchestra, George Malcolm, Benjamin Britten.

Hahessy recorded the very short part of Spirit in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas under Britten for the BBC in September 1959.

John Hahessy

Victoria: Responsories for Tenebrae (1960)
Double Decca 433 914-2, CD Decca 425 078-2, CD Argo Eclipse ECS 747, LP 1975 Argo 5149, LP 1960
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir John Hahessy Michael Ronayne Kenneth Willes

John Hashessy - Second Soprano soloist in Victoria's Responsories for Tenebrae recorded in Westminster Cathedral in April 1959 with the Cathedral Choir under the inspired conducting of George Malcolm. Michael Ronayne as First Soprano soloist.

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